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two dollars per annum in advance b foment inserted at 1 per_q*_are for the first b . far each mbsequent insertion court or b cent higher tion of 33j per cent wul be made to those b the bb * ~~ b of the french chambers fftfice the french chambers assembled ' -,.,_ ity with ihe royal decree on satur-^^b december 21 and the session was opened â– "'â– ' ,>,(. usual lormalitic-s by the king in per 1 jho was accompanied by the queen and bbj lli fan1 tne kiflo av'"e ukeu uia fo:a i rone delivered the following speech : i â– iilanen peers and deputies â€” in i'~-b l'lnir ion about me i am happy to think b â€¢ e i:i.v congratulate ourselves on the gen â– i tale of the count y i am co ifident that i _, accord between the pi wers ofthe stat tt dfl ... ji;iiiiti'n;i,ice of our policy of order and con h j,,n will more and more insure the regu 1 unent of our institutions and the pro b '_... of tin national prosperity ily government h;is applied itself to prose b ._.,,.,_' the eiecution of the great works which fl iave voted the necessary measures lor bbj paging them to a conclusion will he su'imitted i ttius we sh ill in a few years have i r*d on france both powerfi guarantees fl ii ity and the "'' 'â€¢'â€¢*'" opin ; h r fl â– :',: activity an i t.f diffusing a stat â– of we i f jilt all parts uf our territory an i thr nigh b . i c\-5ses of the population while ihese im i rtaii re-u ts b:ive been obtained the situation i gur finances has daily become more and in re i l_w3 relating to 6nance with various other i whose objeel is to introduce in'o ihe i jiiiiiiiistiation important improvements will be i m presented to ytÂ»u â€¢ j cuiitinue to receive fiom all foreign powers i ., c and amicable assurances i hope lha i icv which has maintained general p ace a . i i sn many storms wili on day cause lhe i a>,v ot my reign to he held in honor hhj the friendship ihat unites nie to the q icon b beat britain and of which she has again i , recently afforded me an amicable testimony i .- 1 ihe in rtual confidence nur governments i ipaily secur-d between both stnti s gimitl and h inate relaiinns the convention i o:i"ludcd i treeii tis liir putting down the odious slave fl a is til this mo nei t in course of bÂ«-ing car i fd into execution thus by ihe ttutlial co fl a of tin maritime trees of ibe two h .._..â– . the slave trade u i 1 be effn-aci us'.y re fl and at the same lime our enmmerce be i jaced under the exclusive surveilauce i bbj lli:ive reason to hope that tie common a - i i nit france and ivigland wiil lead on the hhj looks of lhe river plate tu the restoralion i and pacitic commercial relations which bbj i lb sale object t if our efforts bbj events which i deplore leii whieh have l in exhibited the heroism of our soldiers have b studied oar possessions in al'ti-a i f.veh -. ! pte<l prompt measures in older thai lhe do i nioatinn uf prance may retain everywhere the i ice and ascendancy that become her v i;h i nice of time iir energetic perse ver h will lay the foundation ofthe ecu ity and h algeria bj centlemen you have afforded me your h ration iti the great and aiilu us task â– iti â– _ the national wiil has summoned me 'â– ' i prtividence has blessed onr effnts au i b naffiided me precious cunsolations in my h in family wherever tbey lave appeared h ti have i trust worlhi y ' pheld ir name h if france my grandsons are increasing nfl inh't and growing under my own eyes my j learesl wish and sweetest hope is that by our fl laess to france and our al in serving fl r well we mav insure her affection and the h htimate union of my family and country be for h tr established h the chamber of deputies re-assembled on i ll and elected their president for the ses h im tin choice l"*il upon m sauzel the for h er president and conservative candidate by b us votes it being a majority of 6g votes over h m dt&use the opposition candidate who had i 147 and there were four scattering votes on h icuhsequent day lhe conservative or ministeri h il candidates were chosen on the first ballot tol ibe tour vice presidentships h news had heen received in paris ofthe imd-h tocholv loss of the governmenl steamer l.ipin she lefi cadiz dec 5 fir senegal and a storm â– coming on she grounded on a sandbank nine â– miles imrili of morgadon near lhe main land h li proved impossible to get her off for three h boiirs she resisted the attack of the waves hitth dw at length went down and of 151 persons h to wore on board only tb were save '. h john alias 1 vu wright â€” we learn by fl lhe columbia s c chronicle tbat thish individual has been arrested iti that citvh nn a charge ol gambling and held io bail h in the sum ol 81000 for bis appearance h m court lb was apprehended by ilu police of columbia immediately after ihe publica tion of an article by tin chronicle copied thewytheville va ) mountain whig pring an account of bis seduction of a voung girl w'.i'is p ue i's resided at wythrville va this girl whose name as margret e oury was only about lo or 16 years oi age wright passed i last summer at and about grayson nulphur springs and by some means be came acquainted with her gained her sections and induced her to elope with :"'" â€” bus bringing sorrow and desolation u[h>u her parents who are saitl to be re ntable and causing disgrace ignominy iai)(l ruin to fall upon herself the co inihia paper does not slate whether the girl was wiih him at the lime of his ar r,st he was hailed by green b rush f richland district s c light formerly resided in this city â€” j>e is a married man and his wife is still living here â€” knoxville register we see it stated in the national intel wncer that the roman catholics of washington have it in contemplation to erpct in the metropolis a church edifice of trificent dimensions something after ll manner of the most extensive cathe htjs of europe it is intended lo appeal lor aid in this undertaking to every con j'f'cftiion of their denomination in the tited states it i.s estimated that the structure will cost about seventy-live thou dollars the carolina watchman bru.ner & james ) .... , _ . " keep a check pox all yocr editors esr proprietors \ s saf ( new series rllers \ number 42 of yolume ii salisbury n c ., friday february 13 1846 from the new orleans picayune of the 24th uliimo i from mexico â€” important hem twelve days later the barque pa rio captain kinney arrived at this port yesterday morning from vera cimz.b she sailed thence on the 13th instant btiiigingb letters to the day of sailing by her we have received our file from vera cruz to the ll'h.l and from the city of mexico to the 6th theh news is very important the city was filled yesterday with cnntradie-bbj tory rumors in regard to mr slidell the r^-h p rt at first credited was that he had been or-b dereil from the republic : that he thereupon dc bbj manded an escort from jalapa to vera cruz b whieh was refused him ; ihat commander gcr-b ry of the somers then lying at vera cruz up bbj on this proceeded with a detachment ol'otbeersb and marines t > escort mr slidell to the const bbj a distance of some 70 or 80 miles wc do not b attach much eredit to this rumor â€” it appear im-bbj r i again a letter dated the i ('.,,,,, b vera cruz says thai up to that date mr s idelll had not demanded of the new government anvb recognition of his official capacity but the p.b n'ar belief was that such recognition would i..-b refused another letter daÂ«"d the 13th sav-:h mr slidell has demanded his passports hav.b ing failed in lhe object of his mission tln-b aonears lo ns the more probable version theh m'\i'-a:i papers before us say nothing on t ki-hj hhl a number of important despatches were ro-b reived by tie patio which were yesterday f u'-bbj warded to washington by mail so fir as webbj an le-irn n letter have been received in town bbj from m s'iddl of a late d ite our own opin.hbj o a is that the ti'ie the pa rio sailed that gen-b t'ensa < at puebla the united slates bii somers c nrnandcrh gerrv arrived tit \ era cruz tin the frh in-'ant,^b aud was lying at sacrihvios nn the 13lb theb b-iti^h brig persian tie french brig ( iri:i''h.b antl the spanish brig patriota were likewise ly-bbj i*ig there the spanish brig jason was in port bbj these were all the foreign vessels nf war atl vera cruz the schooner creole and hcr-bbj maohrodite brig petersburg were iti port bbj the revolution in mexico appears to he com-bbj p'eie befue entering the city of m*-.xico nai-h erenees were held between gen paredes andh itien valencia at gatidah.ope close by the i ap-hj lito jen valencia representing tin formcrbbj i govern ment and for a linn indeed acted flfl ipre-udent of the republic in iheir <â€¢ > tit 1 cn-h lt-"s j;i which gen tornel shared lhe submis-bbj ision uf the capitol was fully arranged \ alcti'-iah laiiiiinir to spate any effu-ion ol blood th''h lent ranee was not made til the 1 i ultimo w licnbj la portion of ilu garrison of ihe capitol march-bbj led out and joined the troops under paredes an'h â– he whole thereupon ese-.i ted him into the capt h it ol in triumph amidst salvos of artillery anb la dress of the general was immediately issued bbj jits contents are unimportant save that he urges^^b jthe troops to be tolerant and peaceable h i gen paredes had previously addressed a iet.h iter to gen llerieiti announcing his incxornhlehb flrietc rminatinn to carry through lhe revolution h the latter appears to have yielded his ati'hotityhb bto gen valencia without a struggle theh b s ate of siege in which the capitol has ht-enbb bplaced by llerrera was declared al an e d onb ithe 3lst of december hj i there was a meeting in mexico on the 2d h blanuary l genera tiffieers and others called l>yh igcii paretics after avowing the pronuncia-bb bmeuto at san luis he declared to the junta hish breadiness to submit to their prudent resolutions bb band the entire liberty which each enjoyed bj bproiiounce his opinions thereupon additioiish hand explanations were made tu the solemn acthj hof san luis potosi in substance as follows : bj h 1st the termination of the function of theh hold congress and president is declared on theh bsanie ground as at san louis potosi h 2nd a junta of notables composed of iwnl hfrotu each department to be named by the ivc-h sident shall elect at once a person to discharged ithe executive functions until the extiaordinaryhj con__.re-s sliall meet which is to form i cou-ti-hj htuiiuii in conformity with the 3d article ol iheh h act of san luis h h 3 1 this junta of representatives shall beh hdis-olved when it has elected a president andh hadministered lhe oath ' lo sustain the indch hpendenee uf the nation the republican pnpularh representative sys'em and the administraiiveh p!ati of the republic h | 4th the powers of the president are limited bv lhe existing laws which can only be trans lo provide f>r national defence antl then onlv according to a provision in existing laws | r)th the ministers of ibe provisional presi lileat are responsible for their acts to lhe first bconsiitutional congress but ihese acts cannot hbe revised 6th the president in eight days after taking b pu.-c~.ion of power shall convoke an extraor hiliiiatv congress which shall assemble in fmr b ii'ii in the capital ; and in forming a const i itot ion.it shall not alter or change the principles baud guar:..itees which it has ouce adopted for its binvrior government h 7th an actual council shall remain in ses ision with which the provisional president may bern-nit in all giave affairs nl state h h the authorities of those departments flo'ilv shall cease to enjoy their functions which bare opposed tothe present plan ofthe regenera ition ofthe republic and there shall be replaced to the laws of their original estab pflpjlishment 9 h the judicial power shall discharge its limport mt functions agreeably to the laws and hwiihout any variation 10th no one shall be prosecuted for his for hnier political opinions th(*se acts were formally discussed by lhe i.lu.ia and adopted by al present with the ex c.epti,,n of general alcorta and minon all their signatures were ihen attached and among hthetn we note those of general paredes bravo filasola almonte mora reyes and hot hers | the assembly of notables provided for by the 2j nf lhe above articles met on the 3d in i stant gen tornel was chosen president and i gen almonte and another secretaries gen i paredes was then chosen president of the re i public his election and lis acceptance were i communicated through a commitlee a com i mittee of three was appointed to draw up the i oath to lie administered to the president two i of them reported in faror of an oath in the us i nal form to observe the existing laws s_c : but i gon bustamente was in favor of compelling i the president to swear to repel the invasion i of the united states after a long discussion i lhe assembly assented to the report ofthe ma i j'irity and upon this ground that the oath de i manded by gen bustamente would be tanta i mount to n declaration of war and that it was i beyond the competency of the assembly lode i i-lare h on the 4th inst the oath was administered in i reat state the president made a brief dis i course to which gen tornel replied and all i hr.tids proceeded to lhe cathedral where a te h ileum was relebrated the president's dis 1 course is patriotic and commonplace and makes i no alliisii.u to the foreign affairs of tbe republic i 1 he assembly adjourned the same day the h form ofthe oath which the president finally took i is as follows you swear lo god lo sustain the independ-b t*nce and integrity of lhe national territory b trains any foreign aggression whatever andb the republican popular representative system b and the plan of administration of the republic bbj agreed to by the act of the army on the 2d offl january the gen bustamente who took part in this assembly was not the ex-president of th:i>h name both he and gen lierrera were invi-b ed lo take part in the proceedings but indig-b iiatitlv refused bbj the following is the composition ofthe cab-b net of gen paredes â€” bbj general aluvnte minister of war ; senor^h luis panas treasury departmenl ; senor c'a>-b illo y lanzas foreign affairs and senor ib-h erra i'ishop of chiapas uf justice c h such is the cabinet according to a privatcbb letter of the 13i h december jen tornel re-b used the portfolio of foreign affairs and scnor^h sordva refused that of justice of these ministers two have represented mexico near the government of washington b ive allude to gen almonte and senor castillo i'he ministry is represented as a body deserving h f public confidence h nothing is said in the papers in relation l'h he feelings of paredes towards this count r\,b itit verbally we learn tint he is very hostile bj el monitor of the 2.1 inst contains an arti-b de up-in the critical situation in which the ca'i-b brnias are placed with the view of arousing at-b b n1 i i > 1 1 to the subject bj i the latest dad's from this city which the ve bj b.i cruz editors had received were the 29th no bj bemher they infer from them somewhat bfl fttrangelv that the cabinet of washington wasb bnmewbat alarmed at the menacing aspect <>!â– l>ur relation with england and inclined to r,'-b h.ede from its extreme pretensions in regard tob bjvxas â€” so far even as to restore the newstate^h b.i mexico â€” ' flattering unction ! ' bj i grave complaints are made in a communica-bj lion from gen mejia of the 30th nov thatbj hhere are numerous mexicans regularly e^ngag-m h*d in furnishing the american troops at corpusb l'hristi xvith supplies \ of lhe 830,000 in the national treasury thcb | < v that the capitol declared fir paredes 25 b 00 xvas ordered by herrera to be sent to theh h.rmy of the north whether it xvas so senlh hippears doubtful h h from the ohio state journal h i my boy i h i have little a bright haired boy h wiih eyes of blue-bell hue h and cheeks as velvety and fresh h h as roses bathed wiih dew h h his lip.s as fragrant seem tn mine h as strawberries in may ; h bj and with a lisping voice he sings h bfl hurra ! hurra ! for clay ! flj bfl three summers only halh he seen flj and when i hear his voice h bfl so full of melody and glee â– bj it makes my heart rejoice h h he sing full many a merry tune i h and old familiar way i but mong them all he loves the beet to sing hurra for clay ! h one said to him " don't sing that song my boy ; tis quite too late : hurra for polk and dallas now h for clay is out of date h th boy looked up perplexed and sad h as if he meant to say he's good and i may sing for him hurra ! hurra for ci.ay h yes child ; he is as worthy now as in his palmiest days when voices joined the shout and song that now forget to raise : h those voices will be heard again h and join some other day as loud as long as bold and free as when they sang for clay a big story made " bigger a new eng landei off southwest seemed particularly dis liosed to astonish lhe other passengers xvith louah stories about yankeedom at last he that one of his near neighbors oxvnec lm immense dairy and made a million pound l<f cheese yearly this story produced some lens nion and the yankee perceiving that hi eiaciiy was in danger of being questioned ap ieaied to a friend as follows : true isn't il mr p â€¢ sppak ol deacon hii'.,wn â€” yon know deacon brown ?" f " ye-c-s replied the friend that is yes | know deacon brown though 1 don't know a i ever heard precisely how many pounds o imttei and cheese he makes a year but i know n has twelve sawmills that all go by butter nilk important fkox canada h we find in the montreal heretld the i proceedings of a meeting held pursuant to fl i notice addressed to the inhabitants ot i montreal by authority of the constitution i al committee the meeting convened on i the 10th inst in the large hall attached i lo st paul's cathedral and was attended i it is said by more than two thousand of i he most respectable and influential of the i itizens of montreal we copy the foi i owing report : h honorable james frnser was called to i he chair and captain maiden requested i o perl rm the duties of secretary the hon chairman after a few i ireliminnrv observations reganlingthe ob i ect til the meeting as previously convey i nl by lhe notice called upon those gen i jemen who were prepared with motions i elating thereto to enter the business of i he evening when the following resolu i ions were adopted without a single dis i enfing voice in the vast assemblage : first moved by john wilson esq sc h jonded by arthur buckly esq " that judging from recent events in i he neighboring republic it is not improb fl ible that a disunion of the american i fates is not far distant ; and as this meet i ing doubts not that those favorable to fl rue liberty both civil and religious would i jladly avail themselves of an opporluni i y of dissolving a connection with men fl f habits and feeling diametrically oppos 1 d to their own that lhe approaching/up-^b ure affords a favorable occasion of secur bfl ng them an alliance with our peaceful olony second moved by archibald iiome.^b esq seconded by edmund drenon esq fl 'â€¢ that impressed witbthisconviction.it i becomes our imperative duty to hold out i tbe right hand of fellowship to our breth-^b ren in the northern slates and to assure them of our ardent desire to cooperate with them in effecting a connection withb an empire where the advantages of liher-^b ty restrained within due limits are fully fl enjoyed and yet where lhe law is neither^b trampled under foot nor made subservient^b to the vox populi third moved by james curlew esq.,^b seconded by wm davidson esq 'â€¢ that a correspondence he opened.bfl through the constitutional committee.bfl with such states as from ther geographi-^b cal position and thi lone of political feel-^b ing generally evinced by them would lx-h likely to appreciate such a change fourth moved by stephen hull ksq..h seconded by b m'croken esq whoh addressed the meeting at considerable length pointing out the many advantages both in a commercial and political poiutb of view to be derived by such a step asb well to the canadas as to the states,h which would be thereby annexed to theh british empire h " that the opinion ofthis meeting ilieb boundary between the british possessions and the american states best calculated to establish and maintain permanent peaceh on this continent would be a line comdh mencing at the atlantic with lhe city oth new york extending along the southern h boundary of the state of pennsylvania.b continuing the same along the northernh boundary of lhe states of ohio lllinoish and missouri and thence following theh 43d parallel of latitude to the pacilic 0-h cean h the montreal transcript of the 2ithh ult thus alludes to affairs in the unitedh states in connection with the appointmenth ofthe e tri of cal heart as governerof theh province : b the appointment of earl cathcart toh the government of this province has beenh in all probability suggested by the uncer-b tain nature ofthe relations at present ex-b isting between great britain and the uni-b ted states although we by no means ap-b prebend a war we can perfectly under-b stand that the appointment of a man pos-b sessing the military reputation of lordfl cathcart may be useful in more ways thatb one for tbe rest we believe that hi lordship will be found quite adequate tc the civil duties of the government he h considered to possess good business habits and is not likely to allow his baton of of fice lo be a mere plaything in his hands it is stated that thirteen thousand troops of the line including two companies o i sappers and miners have been orderec i immediately to this country this ac i counts for some ofthe recent movement i that have taken place in the lower pro i vince i the m e church south in the trial i in maysville between the members ofthe i m e church south and the old organi i zation judge reed has delivered an opin hion which in effect divides the property i in the proportion of membership of the re i spective parties an appeal has been ta i ken to the court of appeals n o delta h vandalism â€” a letter from washington some miscreant has recently dis figured greenough's statue of washing iton which stands in the temporary octa igon building in the east capitol grounds land of the figure of columbus standing ion the left side of the antique chair on i which the main statue is seated one halt ithe arm with his hand and ball have i been broken off and carried away the i letters of the latin inscription have alsc i been defaced a bill has been introduced into thel pennsylvania senate providing for the gradual extinguishment of lhe debt of that i state its provisions are thus stated by i the harrisburg correspondent ofthe phil h adelphia inquirer who thinks the bill good i and practicable except the eighth section : fl the first section provides that the pre h sent collateral inheritance tax he doubled h to 5 per cent antl when the claimants are i non-residents of the united states to 10 i per cent 2d levying a tax upon all descending i real and personal estate nf more lhan i 8:2000 and l ss lhan 810.000 1 per cent : i if more than 10,000 and less than 825 i 000 2 per cent : if more than 825.000 and i less tbu 50,000 3 per cent between i 50,000 and 8100.000 4 per cent ; up i wards of 8100,000 5 percent : and when i the claimants are not citizens of the l ni h ted states double these rates 3d 4th and 5th sections provide for en i forcing the above h 6th the state treasurer to keep a dis i tinct account of all receipts under above i to go into a sinking fund 7th governor state treasurer and au h ditor general to be commissioners of sink i ing fund with power to invest in stale i stocks c 8th the state treasurer fo ascertain h the whole amount of assessable property i in the commonwealth also the state i debt including relief notes apportion h the same upon the different counties ac h cording to the property in each and send i certificates of such lo the treasurers of i the several counties who are to publish h t'ue same cc a_c and providing that the i owners ot property in the several counties i mav pay oil their proportion in stocks and i relief notes and receive a certificate for h ever discharging them from all luture li i abilities and also from tax under the 2d i section i . . â– napoleon cowhided â€” mr clason said i to be connected with the evening mirror i inflicted personal chastisement with a i dog-whip on the editor of the herald h about 1 o'clock this afternoon at lhe corner i lof maiden line and nassau street the i i whip broke after four or five blows and i ithe parties separated the provocation h i was an article in llu herald accusing the i i mirror of levying " black mail on tem i ipbton.the vocalist antl alleging that cla i bson furnished funds to keep the mirror h balive there is no doubt but lhe cow i bhidee deserves all he got on this occasion i land more besides : though the immediate h i provocation in clasoifs case was small h bcompared with what many others have h b suffered from the same quarter we fl i however object entirely to this mode of i lohtuining redress this " extraordinary i bincident " will no douht enable bennett i flto sell more extras he left the scene of i bad ion with a parcel of boys at his heels fl fl â€” n 1 jour of commerce i fl curious discovery â€” we learn from a fl i foreign journal that the rev c foster has fl hrecently discovered a key to the an fl icient language of arabia â€” the long-lost i fl tongue of pamyar ' â€” the language of the fl i patriarch job ! there is a deep interest fl lattached to this discovery as by its means fl llhose ancient inscriptions which abound i hon the coast of arabia and whose inter fl ipretation has hitherto baffled the efforts fl lof the most learned oriental linguists may i bnow be deciphered with great fidelity i hlhtis bringing us as it were into imme i htliaie connection with the ancient inhahi fl blauts of the lands of fz ' â€” inscriptions i b carved by a people who flourished long i h before the time of moses compared with b whom the antiquity of greece and rome his modern history h a recent letter from yucatan recei v bed at new orleans by way of mexico : â€” the people of yucatan are in daily ex of declaring the independence hot that province offences on the part of ithe mexican congress towards yucatan dictated this step two assemblies i composed of the most distinguished per have already met to discuss tin measure of separation and much is said lot seeking assistance should it be ne os bsary from the cabinet at washington i a new british claim to oregon is pre in a canada paper it is founded bupon the discovery iu montreal canada astronomer named david thomp bson who asserts ihat he explored the ofthe columbia river as early as ll>0d five vears before lewis and clarke llhc american discoverers â€” n t sun i our commerce with liverpool â€” the i value ofthe produce shipped from the u states to liverpool for the first six months lot the past year was 839.000,000 of i which 83j.006.000 was in cotton | a buucrflij flower â€” in the g rdens of iju-.'iili and its environs is seen in it greatest // papillon vegetal which grows on ha species of ivy entwined around a poplar ot lanv other tall tree this blossom i an exact re presentation of a living butterfly but unfortu hnatelv there is no method of preserving it lei en for a lime ; no sooner is it gathered than â– it withers and tails to dost col capaeloaes fl sixteen year a in the w inelits the turpentine region this part of onr state has never to our knowledge been in so prosperous a condition as at present land have risen one two or three hundred per cent negroes have risen probablv fifty per cent and labor is so profitable that the country is toil of money 'Â° make investments at a late public sale in wilmington of fitly negroe the aver age price paid tor men women and chil dren is slated to have been 8550 in lhe lower part t.f bladen hands hired for from t_25 to 8101 a gentleman who had gone to wil mington to seil his turpentine in pocketing 81000 remarked that ihat sum was lhe produce ofthe labor of four hand as a consequence of ihis state of thing and for the first time probably many persons from the upper couniies are moving down lhe tide of western emigration may be said to have ceased entirely this is a more profitable business than mr walker's imaginary profits ofthe manufactures and fire times as much their real profit if it should continue for a year or two we may ex pect lo see i ko focoism envious as i1 ever is of ihe prosperity uf any class running a till a l'ainst lhe turpentine linkers â€” fayet'erille observer a fatal duel â€” we have been grieved to earn and an now pained to inform our readers hat a duel was f.ught yesterday ni n:iiig near jla.lensburg intween dr daniel johnson and 1'hom is f jones km of lvripiiinons county north carolina ) width terminated at the lirst ire in the instantaneous death of the t_rmer it is said that tbe surviving combatant and iis second were arrested up n ih ' spot by lhe ivil authorities of tbe county ( i'i nice george's maryland >â€” nat int feb â€¢<. thi halt duel near bla i nsburg â€” th f i owing particulars uf occurrences immediately i.uowing lhe duel between mr junes and dr lohnson an given by a correspÂ«indenl ol ibe ichmond enquirer and are presumed to bo orrecl : " afier lhe parties concerned in the late tatal luel were laken hi upper marlborough at the equesl of tbe magistrates wbu had refused to ake bail a judge of tbe superior cuurl uf the late re-examined lhe case and decided ihat is killing in a duel was nul a capital offence tccording in the laws of maryland lhe parties ui'ler arrest were entitled lu l>e admitted !â€¢> bail a-h-rh was tendered and accepted and ihey t-re discharged the surgeon were discharge 1 without hail on i in fil-t examination bj ma ristrates as there was n law lu bold ihem â€” the second ol ibe suiviving combatant wa ar ested without iilli<ieui autborlly for there was io affidavit on whieh to base tbe warrant under xhich he was taken and after hi discbarge vhile an affidavit and new warrant were being ire pa red oe which to attest him again he made lis eseat-e lasi night the 2 i instant tbe par lies returned lo elizabeth city north carolina i line thev reside and ihe corpse of dr juhn ion was at the same time taken to his friends i matthew lyon was a member ol the old con rress and of course strongly opposed lu kin^s lind kaisers when ibe qwstii f national i'niti was started mr lyon objected to the fa ille because be was ihe king nf birds and iheref.se unsuitable for a republic judge thatcher who was always characterized l>y l_ood natured mirthfulness replied that pethapa it would be as well t lake the goose fbr our lemlilem ; for thai animal had nothing majestic hin her deportnjrf*nt n.*r could high rank among him oecasioii any offence : moreover ihe gos ling would lÂ»c a rery convenient stamp oo he pieces ihi tip-penny bits this i m l'il a great ileal of fun so offensive lo matthew ll.vi'ii.ihtit he challenged his facetious opponent | what arrangements will you make .' inquired hi man who carried the challenge none at li!l replied judge thatcher ' why are you |\\ iilin to in called a coward '' ' es because l am a coward ; antl he knew it very well or ln never would have challenged roe this intneil the laugh upon lyon who wisely con iclii'led there was no use irvitig lo tight a man whu fired nothing but jukes timing the house â€” the correspondent of ih argus writes that while mr cobb ofgeor was speaking a few days ago seventeen iinii\idua crowded around him at lhe place here of all other daces they might catch the man's eye as mr ('. itine-d lo look at th clock to ascertain when his hour would ex ll'ite the seventeen braced themselves throwing lia<-k one leg pushing forward the head and partlv extending ibe righl hand with lhe most iut>*ii anxiety exhibited in every muscle in ilii middle of a sentence down came the bam fltn'-r announcing ibe expiration ot lhe hour â€” h go '" shouted a waggish member from aja b,tmi at the top of hi voice and in-tantiv tie sprang lo lh.Â»ir feel crying mr as loud as they could bawl ! ladies fliti the gallery were frightened into hysterica an himm.-n rear of laughter echoed through the iii ill while mr ii dm f south car a wm l-.'en with horror depicted in bis countenance it tinting with hi pointed finger tbe numerous f.-r the tl...ir b was a rich scene one iwhich w.mld have made hogarth's pencil laugh burning bibles â€” do lhe people know and ll.-.'i-ve and realize lhal in this enlightened 1st of new york an i in lhe present enlight en-d age there i a |> ot'.ur and powerful asso i i ation who make ii a practice even on public neea-io:i lo collect uml burn all ihey can b it.iiti ot bibles which ihe bible s icieties hava li""ii circulating and distributing amongsi the flp.h>r people of lhe country .' yel such is lhe flt'i-t : andseveral hundreds tÂ»f such bibles were itlra destroyed by public bonfire recently inthe itu'ati of champlain iu ibis state â€” v 1 . sci b.l'/cr i let no heathen read this â€” during the bxe.tr 18-14 lhe christians expended more in in cut each other's throats lhan ha li>--ti appn priatedto ibe preaching of ihe go r>ei to ihe pagan xxcrld since jesus christ >-\- en lhe l.'io-s ! how well have ihey o h.<v-.'i lhe injunction of lhe saviour as binding i i.i tie-in as on any of hi professed disciples ; i go ye into ail the wurld and preach the got fl:>fi to every creature i indiana â€” tbe whigs of indiana have joseph g marshall fin-govern b..r and godlove s orth for lieutenant governor to be supported at lhe state leb-ctinn on monday the 3 lof august next i mr marshall is reputed so be one ofthe i finest and ablest orators in the west

two dollars per annum in advance b foment inserted at 1 per_q*_are for the first b . far each mbsequent insertion court or b cent higher tion of 33j per cent wul be made to those b the bb * ~~ b of the french chambers fftfice the french chambers assembled ' -,.,_ ity with ihe royal decree on satur-^^b december 21 and the session was opened â– "'â– ' ,>,(. usual lormalitic-s by the king in per 1 jho was accompanied by the queen and bbj lli fan1 tne kiflo av'"e ukeu uia fo:a i rone delivered the following speech : i â– iilanen peers and deputies â€” in i'~-b l'lnir ion about me i am happy to think b â€¢ e i:i.v congratulate ourselves on the gen â– i tale of the count y i am co ifident that i _, accord between the pi wers ofthe stat tt dfl ... ji;iiiiti'n;i,ice of our policy of order and con h j,,n will more and more insure the regu 1 unent of our institutions and the pro b '_... of tin national prosperity ily government h;is applied itself to prose b ._.,,.,_' the eiecution of the great works which fl iave voted the necessary measures lor bbj paging them to a conclusion will he su'imitted i ttius we sh ill in a few years have i r*d on france both powerfi guarantees fl ii ity and the "'' 'â€¢'â€¢*'" opin ; h r fl â– :',: activity an i t.f diffusing a stat â– of we i f jilt all parts uf our territory an i thr nigh b . i c\-5ses of the population while ihese im i rtaii re-u ts b:ive been obtained the situation i gur finances has daily become more and in re i l_w3 relating to 6nance with various other i whose objeel is to introduce in'o ihe i jiiiiiiiistiation important improvements will be i m presented to ytÂ»u â€¢ j cuiitinue to receive fiom all foreign powers i ., c and amicable assurances i hope lha i icv which has maintained general p ace a . i i sn many storms wili on day cause lhe i a>,v ot my reign to he held in honor hhj the friendship ihat unites nie to the q icon b beat britain and of which she has again i , recently afforded me an amicable testimony i .- 1 ihe in rtual confidence nur governments i ipaily secur-d between both stnti s gimitl and h inate relaiinns the convention i o:i"ludcd i treeii tis liir putting down the odious slave fl a is til this mo nei t in course of bÂ«-ing car i fd into execution thus by ihe ttutlial co fl a of tin maritime trees of ibe two h .._..â– . the slave trade u i 1 be effn-aci us'.y re fl and at the same lime our enmmerce be i jaced under the exclusive surveilauce i bbj lli:ive reason to hope that tie common a - i i nit france and ivigland wiil lead on the hhj looks of lhe river plate tu the restoralion i and pacitic commercial relations which bbj i lb sale object t if our efforts bbj events which i deplore leii whieh have l in exhibited the heroism of our soldiers have b studied oar possessions in al'ti-a i f.veh -. ! pteu her parents who are saitl to be re ntable and causing disgrace ignominy iai)(l ruin to fall upon herself the co inihia paper does not slate whether the girl was wiih him at the lime of his ar r,st he was hailed by green b rush f richland district s c light formerly resided in this city â€” j>e is a married man and his wife is still living here â€” knoxville register we see it stated in the national intel wncer that the roman catholics of washington have it in contemplation to erpct in the metropolis a church edifice of trificent dimensions something after ll manner of the most extensive cathe htjs of europe it is intended lo appeal lor aid in this undertaking to every con j'f'cftiion of their denomination in the tited states it i.s estimated that the structure will cost about seventy-live thou dollars the carolina watchman bru.ner & james ) .... , _ . " keep a check pox all yocr editors esr proprietors \ s saf ( new series rllers \ number 42 of yolume ii salisbury n c ., friday february 13 1846 from the new orleans picayune of the 24th uliimo i from mexico â€” important hem twelve days later the barque pa rio captain kinney arrived at this port yesterday morning from vera cimz.b she sailed thence on the 13th instant btiiigingb letters to the day of sailing by her we have received our file from vera cruz to the ll'h.l and from the city of mexico to the 6th theh news is very important the city was filled yesterday with cnntradie-bbj tory rumors in regard to mr slidell the r^-h p rt at first credited was that he had been or-b dereil from the republic : that he thereupon dc bbj manded an escort from jalapa to vera cruz b whieh was refused him ; ihat commander gcr-b ry of the somers then lying at vera cruz up bbj on this proceeded with a detachment ol'otbeersb and marines t > escort mr slidell to the const bbj a distance of some 70 or 80 miles wc do not b attach much eredit to this rumor â€” it appear im-bbj r i again a letter dated the i ('.,,,,, b vera cruz says thai up to that date mr s idelll had not demanded of the new government anvb recognition of his official capacity but the p.b n'ar belief was that such recognition would i..-b refused another letter daÂ«"d the 13th sav-:h mr slidell has demanded his passports hav.b ing failed in lhe object of his mission tln-b aonears lo ns the more probable version theh m'\i'-a:i papers before us say nothing on t ki-hj hhl a number of important despatches were ro-b reived by tie patio which were yesterday f u'-bbj warded to washington by mail so fir as webbj an le-irn n letter have been received in town bbj from m s'iddl of a late d ite our own opin.hbj o a is that the ti'ie the pa rio sailed that gen-b t'ensa < at puebla the united slates bii somers c nrnandcrh gerrv arrived tit \ era cruz tin the frh in-'ant,^b aud was lying at sacrihvios nn the 13lb theb b-iti^h brig persian tie french brig ( iri:i''h.b antl the spanish brig patriota were likewise ly-bbj i*ig there the spanish brig jason was in port bbj these were all the foreign vessels nf war atl vera cruz the schooner creole and hcr-bbj maohrodite brig petersburg were iti port bbj the revolution in mexico appears to he com-bbj p'eie befue entering the city of m*-.xico nai-h erenees were held between gen paredes andh itien valencia at gatidah.ope close by the i ap-hj lito jen valencia representing tin formcrbbj i govern ment and for a linn indeed acted flfl ipre-udent of the republic in iheir tit 1 cn-h lt-"s j;i which gen tornel shared lhe submis-bbj ision uf the capitol was fully arranged \ alcti'-iah laiiiiinir to spate any effu-ion ol blood th''h lent ranee was not made til the 1 i ultimo w licnbj la portion of ilu garrison of ihe capitol march-bbj led out and joined the troops under paredes an'h â– he whole thereupon ese-.i ted him into the capt h it ol in triumph amidst salvos of artillery anb la dress of the general was immediately issued bbj jits contents are unimportant save that he urges^^b jthe troops to be tolerant and peaceable h i gen paredes had previously addressed a iet.h iter to gen llerieiti announcing his incxornhlehb flrietc rminatinn to carry through lhe revolution h the latter appears to have yielded his ati'hotityhb bto gen valencia without a struggle theh b s ate of siege in which the capitol has ht-enbb bplaced by llerrera was declared al an e d onb ithe 3lst of december hj i there was a meeting in mexico on the 2d h blanuary l genera tiffieers and others called l>yh igcii paretics after avowing the pronuncia-bb bmeuto at san luis he declared to the junta hish breadiness to submit to their prudent resolutions bb band the entire liberty which each enjoyed bj bproiiounce his opinions thereupon additioiish hand explanations were made tu the solemn acthj hof san luis potosi in substance as follows : bj h 1st the termination of the function of theh hold congress and president is declared on theh bsanie ground as at san louis potosi h 2nd a junta of notables composed of iwnl hfrotu each department to be named by the ivc-h sident shall elect at once a person to discharged ithe executive functions until the extiaordinaryhj con__.re-s sliall meet which is to form i cou-ti-hj htuiiuii in conformity with the 3d article ol iheh h act of san luis h h 3 1 this junta of representatives shall beh hdis-olved when it has elected a president andh hadministered lhe oath ' lo sustain the indch hpendenee uf the nation the republican pnpularh representative sys'em and the administraiiveh p!ati of the republic h | 4th the powers of the president are limited bv lhe existing laws which can only be trans lo provide f>r national defence antl then onlv according to a provision in existing laws | r)th the ministers of ibe provisional presi lileat are responsible for their acts to lhe first bconsiitutional congress but ihese acts cannot hbe revised 6th the president in eight days after taking b pu.-c~.ion of power shall convoke an extraor hiliiiatv congress which shall assemble in fmr b ii'ii in the capital ; and in forming a const i itot ion.it shall not alter or change the principles baud guar:..itees which it has ouce adopted for its binvrior government h 7th an actual council shall remain in ses ision with which the provisional president may bern-nit in all giave affairs nl state h h the authorities of those departments flo'ilv shall cease to enjoy their functions which bare opposed tothe present plan ofthe regenera ition ofthe republic and there shall be replaced to the laws of their original estab pflpjlishment 9 h the judicial power shall discharge its limport mt functions agreeably to the laws and hwiihout any variation 10th no one shall be prosecuted for his for hnier political opinions th(*se acts were formally discussed by lhe i.lu.ia and adopted by al present with the ex c.epti,,n of general alcorta and minon all their signatures were ihen attached and among hthetn we note those of general paredes bravo filasola almonte mora reyes and hot hers | the assembly of notables provided for by the 2j nf lhe above articles met on the 3d in i stant gen tornel was chosen president and i gen almonte and another secretaries gen i paredes was then chosen president of the re i public his election and lis acceptance were i communicated through a commitlee a com i mittee of three was appointed to draw up the i oath to lie administered to the president two i of them reported in faror of an oath in the us i nal form to observe the existing laws s_c : but i gon bustamente was in favor of compelling i the president to swear to repel the invasion i of the united states after a long discussion i lhe assembly assented to the report ofthe ma i j'irity and upon this ground that the oath de i manded by gen bustamente would be tanta i mount to n declaration of war and that it was i beyond the competency of the assembly lode i i-lare h on the 4th inst the oath was administered in i reat state the president made a brief dis i course to which gen tornel replied and all i hr.tids proceeded to lhe cathedral where a te h ileum was relebrated the president's dis 1 course is patriotic and commonplace and makes i no alliisii.u to the foreign affairs of tbe republic i 1 he assembly adjourned the same day the h form ofthe oath which the president finally took i is as follows you swear lo god lo sustain the independ-b t*nce and integrity of lhe national territory b trains any foreign aggression whatever andb the republican popular representative system b and the plan of administration of the republic bbj agreed to by the act of the army on the 2d offl january the gen bustamente who took part in this assembly was not the ex-president of th:i>h name both he and gen lierrera were invi-b ed lo take part in the proceedings but indig-b iiatitlv refused bbj the following is the composition ofthe cab-b net of gen paredes â€” bbj general aluvnte minister of war ; senor^h luis panas treasury departmenl ; senor c'a>-b illo y lanzas foreign affairs and senor ib-h erra i'ishop of chiapas uf justice c h such is the cabinet according to a privatcbb letter of the 13i h december jen tornel re-b used the portfolio of foreign affairs and scnor^h sordva refused that of justice of these ministers two have represented mexico near the government of washington b ive allude to gen almonte and senor castillo i'he ministry is represented as a body deserving h f public confidence h nothing is said in the papers in relation l'h he feelings of paredes towards this count r\,b itit verbally we learn tint he is very hostile bj el monitor of the 2.1 inst contains an arti-b de up-in the critical situation in which the ca'i-b brnias are placed with the view of arousing at-b b n1 i i > 1 1 to the subject bj i the latest dad's from this city which the ve bj b.i cruz editors had received were the 29th no bj bemher they infer from them somewhat bfl fttrangelv that the cabinet of washington wasb bnmewbat alarmed at the menacing aspect <>!â– l>ur relation with england and inclined to r,'-b h.ede from its extreme pretensions in regard tob bjvxas â€” so far even as to restore the newstate^h b.i mexico â€” ' flattering unction ! ' bj i grave complaints are made in a communica-bj lion from gen mejia of the 30th nov thatbj hhere are numerous mexicans regularly e^ngag-m h*d in furnishing the american troops at corpusb l'hristi xvith supplies \ of lhe 830,000 in the national treasury thcb | < v that the capitol declared fir paredes 25 b 00 xvas ordered by herrera to be sent to theh h.rmy of the north whether it xvas so senlh hippears doubtful h h from the ohio state journal h i my boy i h i have little a bright haired boy h wiih eyes of blue-bell hue h and cheeks as velvety and fresh h h as roses bathed wiih dew h h his lip.s as fragrant seem tn mine h as strawberries in may ; h bj and with a lisping voice he sings h bfl hurra ! hurra ! for clay ! flj bfl three summers only halh he seen flj and when i hear his voice h bfl so full of melody and glee â– bj it makes my heart rejoice h h he sing full many a merry tune i h and old familiar way i but mong them all he loves the beet to sing hurra for clay ! h one said to him " don't sing that song my boy ; tis quite too late : hurra for polk and dallas now h for clay is out of date h th boy looked up perplexed and sad h as if he meant to say he's good and i may sing for him hurra ! hurra for ci.ay h yes child ; he is as worthy now as in his palmiest days when voices joined the shout and song that now forget to raise : h those voices will be heard again h and join some other day as loud as long as bold and free as when they sang for clay a big story made " bigger a new eng landei off southwest seemed particularly dis liosed to astonish lhe other passengers xvith louah stories about yankeedom at last he that one of his near neighbors oxvnec lm immense dairy and made a million pound l0d five vears before lewis and clarke llhc american discoverers â€” n t sun i our commerce with liverpool â€” the i value ofthe produce shipped from the u states to liverpool for the first six months lot the past year was 839.000,000 of i which 83j.006.000 was in cotton | a buucrflij flower â€” in the g rdens of iju-.'iili and its environs is seen in it greatest // papillon vegetal which grows on ha species of ivy entwined around a poplar ot lanv other tall tree this blossom i an exact re presentation of a living butterfly but unfortu hnatelv there is no method of preserving it lei en for a lime ; no sooner is it gathered than â– it withers and tails to dost col capaeloaes fl sixteen year a in the w inelits the turpentine region this part of onr state has never to our knowledge been in so prosperous a condition as at present land have risen one two or three hundred per cent negroes have risen probablv fifty per cent and labor is so profitable that the country is toil of money 'Â° make investments at a late public sale in wilmington of fitly negroe the aver age price paid tor men women and chil dren is slated to have been 8550 in lhe lower part t.f bladen hands hired for from t_25 to 8101 a gentleman who had gone to wil mington to seil his turpentine in pocketing 81000 remarked that ihat sum was lhe produce ofthe labor of four hand as a consequence of ihis state of thing and for the first time probably many persons from the upper couniies are moving down lhe tide of western emigration may be said to have ceased entirely this is a more profitable business than mr walker's imaginary profits ofthe manufactures and fire times as much their real profit if it should continue for a year or two we may ex pect lo see i ko focoism envious as i1 ever is of ihe prosperity uf any class running a till a l'ainst lhe turpentine linkers â€” fayet'erille observer a fatal duel â€” we have been grieved to earn and an now pained to inform our readers hat a duel was f.ught yesterday ni n:iiig near jla.lensburg intween dr daniel johnson and 1'hom is f jones km of lvripiiinons county north carolina ) width terminated at the lirst ire in the instantaneous death of the t_rmer it is said that tbe surviving combatant and iis second were arrested up n ih ' spot by lhe ivil authorities of tbe county ( i'i nice george's maryland >â€” nat int feb â€¢e admitted !â€¢> bail a-h-rh was tendered and accepted and ihey t-re discharged the surgeon were discharge 1 without hail on i in fil-t examination bj ma ristrates as there was n law lu bold ihem â€” the second ol ibe suiviving combatant wa ar ested without iilliy l_ood natured mirthfulness replied that pethapa it would be as well t lake the goose fbr our lemlilem ; for thai animal had nothing majestic hin her deportnjrf*nt n.*r could high rank among him oecasioii any offence : moreover ihe gos ling would lÂ»c a rery convenient stamp oo he pieces ihi tip-penny bits this i m l'il a great ileal of fun so offensive lo matthew ll.vi'ii.ihtit he challenged his facetious opponent | what arrangements will you make .' inquired hi man who carried the challenge none at li!l replied judge thatcher ' why are you |\\ iilin to in called a coward '' ' es because l am a coward ; antl he knew it very well or ln never would have challenged roe this intneil the laugh upon lyon who wisely con iclii'led there was no use irvitig lo tight a man whu fired nothing but jukes timing the house â€” the correspondent of ih argus writes that while mr cobb ofgeor was speaking a few days ago seventeen iinii\idua crowded around him at lhe place here of all other daces they might catch the man's eye as mr ('. itine-d lo look at th clock to ascertain when his hour would ex ll'ite the seventeen braced themselves throwing lia*ii anxiety exhibited in every muscle in ilii middle of a sentence down came the bam fltn'-r announcing ibe expiration ot lhe hour â€” h go '" shouted a waggish member from aja b,tmi at the top of hi voice and in-tantiv tie sprang lo lh.Â»ir feel crying mr as loud as they could bawl ! ladies fliti the gallery were frightened into hysterica an himm.-n rear of laughter echoed through the iii ill while mr ii dm f south car a wm l-.'en with horror depicted in bis countenance it tinting with hi pointed finger tbe numerous f.-r the tl...ir b was a rich scene one iwhich w.mld have made hogarth's pencil laugh burning bibles â€” do lhe people know and ll.-.'i-ve and realize lhal in this enlightened 1st of new york an i in lhe present enlight en-d age there i a |> ot'.ur and powerful asso i i ation who make ii a practice even on public neea-io:i lo collect uml burn all ihey can b it.iiti ot bibles which ihe bible s icieties hava li""ii circulating and distributing amongsi the flp.h>r people of lhe country .' yel such is lhe flt'i-t : andseveral hundreds tÂ»f such bibles were itlra destroyed by public bonfire recently inthe itu'ati of champlain iu ibis state â€” v 1 . sci b.l'/cr i let no heathen read this â€” during the bxe.tr 18-14 lhe christians expended more in in cut each other's throats lhan ha li>--ti appn priatedto ibe preaching of ihe go r>ei to ihe pagan xxcrld since jesus christ >-\- en lhe l.'io-s ! how well have ihey o h.fi to every creature i indiana â€” tbe whigs of indiana have joseph g marshall fin-govern b..r and godlove s orth for lieutenant governor to be supported at lhe state leb-ctinn on monday the 3 lof august next i mr marshall is reputed so be one ofthe i finest and ablest orators in the west